Monthly Archives: April 2011

The Westminster Voting System Referendum: The Need is for a Real Alternative Based on No Election without Selection That the party-dominated political system is in a profound crisis of legitimacy has become increasingly apparent over recent years. Political parties provide … Continue reading →

Yemenis hold major anti-govt. demos Press TV http://www.presstv.ir/detail/176207.html Sat Apr 23, 2011 Hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters have held demonstrations in various parts of Yemen to demand an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s long rule. The protesters spilled … Continue reading →

18 April 2011: ITUC Deputy General Secretary Jaap Wienen, on an urgent visit to the Bahrain’s capital Manama this weekend, has pledged a comprehensive package of international actions in support of the fundamental rights of Bahrain’s working people, as the … Continue reading →

NUT conference: Schools may face strike action By Hannah Richardson BBC Delegates at the National Union of Teachers conference in Harrogate are to vote on whether to ballot for a strike. If it is passed, they are likely to co-ordinate … Continue reading →

Central Report to the 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba – Raúl Castro, Second Secretary, Communist Party of Cuba, April 16, 2011 – Compañeras and compañeros, The opening of the 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba … Continue reading →

NUS strategy is in the balance As the student union’s new president I will try to marry lobbying efforts with direct action campaigns to defend its members’ rights Liam Burns guardian.co.uk, Monday 18 April 2011 17.00 BST I was humbled … Continue reading →

Unison Health Service Group Conference 2011 Workers’ Weekly Health Group Unison’s Health Service Group Conference was held in Liverpool from April 4-7. Top of the agenda was the union’s Million Voices in Defence of the NHS – Our NHS Our … Continue reading →

The Isle of Wight NHS is not for sale! Our beloved St Mary’s must be defended! The press reported that 600 NHS Jobs were to go over four years the equivalent of between 150 and 170 posts a year (the … Continue reading →

DPRK Delegate on Denuclearisation of Korean Peninsula Pyongyang, April 11 (KCNA) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will always live up to its commitment before the international community as a responsible nuclear weapons state, said the DPRK delegate when … Continue reading →

The use by police of controversial kettling tactics at the London G20 protests in 2009 has been declared unlawful by the High Court. Judges said the tactic, which contains demonstrators in a small area, was too inflexible and violent for … Continue reading →